Melenchon supporters confused, disappointed before second round Supporters of far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon have found themselves disappointed after he finished in fourth place with 19.58 percent of France's presidential elections and confused by his refusal to back either of the two candidates now vying for the presidency. Melenchon faced criticism after he failed to urge people who voted for him to get behind Macron in the run-off as part of the so-called "republican front", the decades-old French tactic of closing ranks to block the far-right. His France Insoumise (Unbowed France) movement is now holding a consultation on which candidate to back in the second round, but Melenchon's spokesman has said the eliminated candidate will not express his own preference. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES